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kinky

  • /ˈkɪŋki/

Rhymes with -ɪŋki

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From kink + -y. Compare Spanish canquiñi (“nappy”).

adjective kinkier · kinkiest

  1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl. kinky hair
  2. informal Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices. What had I been expecting, behind that closed door, the first time? At the very least some minor sexual manipulation, some bygone peccadillo now denied him, prohibited by law and punishable by amputation. To be asked to play Scrabble, instead, as if we were an old married couple, or two children, se

    Opposite: normophilic

  3. Queer; eccentric; crotchety. People received energy and solace from wanting things and then getting them. Pearl wanted energy and solace. She felt that if she could only get interested in and knowledgeable about a kinky subject, for example hockey or sharks, she would be a more contented person. She could not just be fucking al

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: quirky, perverted, crisp, abnormal, way-out, curly, unconventional, frizzy, far-out, frizzly, nappy, offbeat, molester, rascal, naughty, villain

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adj full of kinks

Españolcrespo, ensortijado, rizado
Portuguêsenrolado
Françaisbouclé, crépu
Deutschkraus
Românăzulufat, cârlionțat, creț, buclat, ondulat
Русскийкудря́вый kudrjávyj, кучеря́вый kučerjávyj, курча́вый kurčávyj

adj marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior

Españolpervertido, fetichista
Portuguêspervertido
Françaiskinky, pervers
Deutschpervers, verdreht, sexy
Italianopervertito
Românăpervers
Русскийизвращённый izvraščónnyj, ненорма́льный nenormálʹnyj

adj queer, eccentric

Españolextraño, excéntrico
Françaisexcentrique
Italianoeccentrico
Românăbizar, extravagant, excentric
Русскийэксцентри́чный ekscentríčnyj, своеобра́зный svojeobráznyj

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@misc{kinky_2026,
  title = {kinky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kinky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}